North Korea says it will launch, what it says is a communications satellite, sometime between April 4 and April 8.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

North Korea, which says it will conduct a peaceful launch of a communications satellite, has threatened to respond with what it called "deadly blows" against Japanese cities if Tokyo tries to shoot down its satellite.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

The first step was what the outside world believes was a missile test, though North Korea said the April 5 event was the launch of a communications satellite.

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While North Korea said this launch is to put a communications satellite into orbit, the U.S. believes it is a cover story to test its ballistic missile technology.

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The Security Council has been discussing the matter since North Korea's April 5 launch of what it said was a communications satellite.

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